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The Chronic Truth — 100 episodes

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When Your Body Starts Communicating, and You Finally Listen | Kristen Renee Appleby

2

Why Success Doesn't Bring Happiness And What Does | Bob Bekian

3

Maryanne Peng on Biliary Atresia, Recovery, and Living Donor Advocacy

4

Why Your Pharmacist Is the Most Underused Member of Your Care Team

5

Dr. Malaysia Harrell on the Near-Death Experience That Destroyed the Mask of Success

6

Opioid Dependence, Relapse, and a One-Year Taper

7

The Rare Disease Nobody Talks About, Until It Stops Your Breathing

8

She Slept for a Month. Then She Figured Out Why.

9

The Absence of Visible Disease Is Not the Absence of Suffering

10

Stress, the Immune System, and the Root Cause of Chronic Disease

11

What Nobody Tells You About Living With Chronic Pain

12

Epilepsy Doesn't Own Your Life

13

The Tick Bite Nobody Treated | Adison Woods on Late-Stage Lyme and the Diagnosis 25 Years Late

14

Survive or Heal: What Elite Athletes Know About Injury That Chronic Pain Patients Need to Hear

15

Wildfire Smoke, Rising Temperatures & the Chronic Health Crisis Nobody's Connecting the Dots On

16

"Hepatitis Cannot Wait" | Kenneth Kabagambe on 13 Years of Advocacy, Policy Wins & Gaps That Remain

17

Born With It, Diagnosed at 50: Dwayne Wilson on Pompe Disease and Why Early Testing Saves Muscle

18

What Conventional Eye Care Gets Wrong

19

"FAP Is So Much More Than the Colon"

20

Cognitive Decline, Tough Exteriors & the Breaking Point: The Real Face of Multiple Sclerosis

21

HIV Long-Term Survivors Were Never Supposed to Exist

22

Singing Through Fire: What Joy Looks Like When You've Lost Your Health, Your Career & Your Husband

23

Diabetes Burnout, Workplace Stigma & Why the Right Community Changes Everything

24

The Prepared Patient: Three Things Every Chronic Illness Patient Needs Before a Specialist Visit

25

"Recovery Doesn't Mean Cured" | Two Decades of Schizoaffective Disorder

26

Stress Is Your Teacher, Not Your Enemy

27

11 Years to Diagnose, 7 Organs Fused: The Endometriosis Reality Nobody Warned You About

28

From Billion-Dollar Projects to End-Stage Liver Disease: How Lorrinda Gray-Davis Became an Advocate

29

How Chronic Illness Changes Everything in a Relationship and How to Navigate It

30

65 Million Americans Have Chronic Pain and Most Don't Know the Real Cause

31

She Was Dying and Didn't Know It: One Woman's Liver Transplant Story

32

Epilepsy and Mental Health: Severe Depression, Anxiety, and the Healing Power of Sharing Your Story

33

If You've Tried All the Drugs and You're Still Not Happy, Try Something Different

34

Not Without A Fight: My Journey Through Illness to Purpose

35

From Misdiagnosis to Meaning: How 200,000 Patients Drive Clinical Trials and Get Compensated

36

Eating Disorders and Chronic Illness: Why Emotional Capacity Matters as Much as What's on Your Plate

37

Multiple Sclerosis Without Meds: Emotional Capacity, Nervous System Resonance, and Organic Transformation

38

Schizophrenia: When Plan A Crumbles and You Build an Army of Helpers

39

Chronic Health Conditions: Why Grains, Sleep Deprivation, and Omega-6 Oils Are Sabotaging Your Recovery

40

Is Type 2 Diabetes Really Reversible?

41

Beyond Forgetfulness: How to Tell Normal Aging from Dementia Warning Signs

42

We Train Boys Not to Feel | The Hidden Crisis in Male Mental Health

43

Adaptive Kitchen Knife Innovation: Disabled Veteran Creates Nulu for Arthritis, MS & Mobility Issues | Doug Katz

44

Bonus Episode-Behind the Podcast: Together We Are Strong | Kim Nash

45

Men's Midlife Health Crisis: Loneliness Epidemic, Suicide Statistics & the Connection Solution | Stretch Rayner

46

Pain Psychology & Mental Health: Treating Operating System Issues, Not Mental Illness | Dr. Alan Weisser

47

Rare Patient Voice: How Chronic Illness Patients Earn $120 Per Hour Sharing Stories | Wes Michael

48

Spasmodic Dysphonia Voice Disorder: Teacher's Journey from Singing to Silence | Eileen Meehan

49

Nurse Burnout Prevention: 30-Year Hospice Nurse's Self-Care Method for Caregivers | Jenny Lytle, RN

50

Endometriosis Symptoms Beyond Period Pain: Complete Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment | Michele Forsberg

51

Weight Loss Surgery and GLP-1 Medications: Why 50% Gain Weight Back and How to Stop It | Dr. Pavi Kundhal

52

Living with TBI: Five Foundational Pillars for Brain Injury Recovery and Work | Kelly Tuttle

53

Why Your Doctor Seems Distracted: Healthcare Burnout and Administrative Burden feat. Dr. Joe Sherman | EP. 53

54

Why Genetic Testing Can't Wait Until Age 16 - Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) | Jenny Jones

55

Stage 3 Breast Cancer at 37: Double Mastectomy Decision and 20-Year Survival Story | Stephanie Adler

56

Dementia Prevention: 6 Lifestyle Changes That Could Prevent 60-90% of Cases | Kathi Miracle

57

Chronic Back Pain Relief Without Surgery or Drugs | Ben O'Loghlin

58

Stage 3 Skin Cancer Sarcoma: Survival Story and Prevention Tips | Phantom Electric Ghost

59

Endometriosis Misdiagnosis: Why Most Doctors Get This Chronic Disease Wrong | Michele Forsberg

60

The HIV Advocate Fighting for Forgotten Voices | Derek "D-REK" Canas

61

The Mental Health Counselor Breaking Stigma from Both Sides | Kesley Rogers, LPCMHSP, AADC, NCC

62

Food as Medicine for Chronic Illness | Dr. Elizabeth George

63

Inside Gastroparesis: From Misdiagnosis to Feeding Tubes & TPN | Tonya Henry

64

An Asthma Mom’s Fight Against Misdiagnosis & Medical Gaslighting | Andrea Jensen

65

Burnout to Breakthrough: A Doctor’s Health Turnaround | Dr. Shanea Clancy

66

How a Pompe Disease Warrior Became the ‘SoCal Pompe Champ’ | Dwayne Wilson

67

How a Woman Battling 5 Invisible Illnesses Fought for Her Diagnosis | Karen Krosnick

68

Ghosted After Cancer: A Survivor’s Raw Truth About Trauma | Ashley Greer

69

A Schizophrenia Survivor’s 50-Year Reality Reset | Dale Walsh

70

‘My Son Is the Only Person Alive With This Condition’ | Melissa Winger

71

Overcoming Misdiagnosis & Changing Laws to Protect Others | Barby Ingle

72

Your Illness Isn’t Your Limit, It’s Your Launchpad | Troy Snead

73

The Untold Career Killer No One Talks About | Amita Sharma

74

‘My Blood Pressure Was 69/47—And I Walked Out’ | Tonya Henry

75

‘You’re Not Broken, Just Flawed’ | Helen Bishop

76

I Was Angry I Wasn’t Dead | Rick Phillips

77

The Light Bulb Moment That Cured My Depression | Jason Yun

78

I Was Labeled a Hypochondriac for 30 Years | Samantha Brady

79

He Flew to Oklahoma and Changed Cancer Care Forever | Ash Mackinnon

80

They Reconstructed My Vulva, And I’m Still Wearing Pink Lipstick | Carly Allen

81

The Shocking Truth About Food & Chronic Illness | Wayne Loranger

82

Cushing's Syndrome: "I Was Told I Was Crazy" | Rebecca Maxwell

83

From Diagnosis to Design | Regina Gordon

84

From Pain to Purpose | Renata Karciauskiene

85

A Veteran's Journey Through Mental Health | Jason Jepson

86

Navigating Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Stephanie A. Wynn

87

Healing Through the Pain | Susi Marcy-Sisco

88

Zoe Robinson - Advocate for those with Disabilities

89

Misty Jones a.k.a Chronic Spicy Disaster

90

Patrick Belton - THE OSTOMY ATHLETE

91

Michelle Irving -Founder & CEO Career and Chronic

92

Stephanie A. Wynn, President of the Stephanie A. Wynn Foundation and 3 time author

93

Maria- Jose Bouey - Patient Advocate and Chronic Health Warrior

94

Thomas Silvera, Co-Founder/Vice President of Elijah- Alavi Foundation, Inc.

95

Regina Gordon - Author of To hell with SARCOIDOSIS and other illnesses

96

Fibromyalgia & CFS with special guest HELEN BISHOP

97

Special Guest Sue Green, Author of "Don't call my liver fat."

98

Lisa Chadsey Owner of Light Matters Therapy

99

Hepatits C and Fibromyalgia with special guest CRISSY HOLLAND

100

Kimberly Nash